Right hemisphere metaphor processing? Characterizing the lateralization of semantic processes

Brain and Language

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-141

  Schmidt, Gwen L ^a   DeBuse, Casey J ^a   Seger, Carol A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Figurative language; Language lateralization; Metaphors; Right hemisphere; Semantic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33947592959     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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